Hickam Air Force Base
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Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T624411 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hickam Air Force Base Context triple: [Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, formedByMergerOf, Hickam Air Force Base]
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Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation known for its air combat training and operations, located near Panama City in the Florida Panhandle.
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C.
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the headquarters of Air University and a central hub for Air Force education and training.
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Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation in Florida best known as the home of Air Force Special Operations Command and various special operations flying units.
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E.
Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hickam Air Force Base Target entity description: Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.
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A.
Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
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B.
Tyndall Air Force Base
Tyndall Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation known for its air combat training and operations, located near Panama City in the Florida Panhandle.
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C.
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Montgomery, Alabama, best known as the headquarters of Air University and a central hub for Air Force education and training.
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D.
Hurlburt Field
Hurlburt Field is a United States Air Force installation in Florida best known as the home of Air Force Special Operations Command and various special operations flying units.
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E.
Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force base
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military installation ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII)
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surface form:
Pearl Harbor
|
| constructionStarted | 1935 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| garrison |
15th Wing
ⓘ
United States Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ
surface form:
Headquarters, United States Indo-Pacific Command (via nearby facilities)
U.S. Pacific Air Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Air Forces
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| hasFacility |
aircraft maintenance facilities
ⓘ
command and control centers ⓘ logistics and supply facilities ⓘ training and education facilities ⓘ |
| hasHousing | on-base military family housing ⓘ |
| hasNamesakeOccupation | U.S. Army Air Corps officer ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface |
asphalt
ⓘ
concrete ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | bombed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ |
| historicalEventDate | 7 December 1941 ⓘ |
| hostsUnit |
154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard
ⓘ
15th Wing ⓘ 613th Air Operations Center ⓘ Air Mobility Command tenant units ⓘ U.S. Pacific Air Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Headquarters Pacific Air Forces
|
| integratedInto | Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam ⓘ |
| integrationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Honolulu, Hawaii
|
| locatedOn |
Oahu
ⓘ
surface form:
island of Oahu
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| mergedWith |
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam
ⓘ
surface form:
Naval Station Pearl Harbor (as joint base)
|
| namedAfter | Horace Meek Hickam ⓘ |
| opened | 1938 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam ⓘ |
| postWWIIRole | strategic airlift hub for Pacific ⓘ |
| primaryCommand |
U.S. Pacific Air Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)
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| role |
air mobility and logistics support
ⓘ
command and control for Pacific theater ⓘ strategic air operations hub in the Pacific ⓘ |
| runwaySharedWith | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| supportsCommand | United States Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ |
| supportsOperations |
aeromedical evacuation missions
ⓘ
contingency operations in Asia-Pacific ⓘ |
| supportsRegion |
Indo-Pacific region
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-Pacific
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| usedFor |
air refueling operations
ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief staging ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ |
| WWIIRole | base for B-17 and B-24 bombers ⓘ |
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Subject: Hickam Air Force Base Description of subject: Hickam Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Hawaii that now forms the Air Force component of Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, supporting Pacific air operations and strategic missions.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field
subject surface form:
James Roy Andersen
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field
this entity surface form:
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field
this entity surface form:
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Air Force Element
this entity surface form:
Hickam
this entity surface form:
Hickam Air Force Base named in his honor
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field
this entity surface form:
Hickam Field